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What youth considers liberation, maturity considers tasteless excess.

— Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What youth considers liberation, maturity considers tasteless excess." in the context of "Discovering LaRochefoucauld (April 2001)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)

About Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)

Anthony Daniels (born 11 October 1949) is an English writer and retired physician (prison doctor and psychiatrist) who frequently uses the pen name Theodore Dalrymple.